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the government of Honduras gives the

total value of cotton munfactures im

ported into that country during the

year 1907 as about 1700,000, more than

one-half of which represents imports

from the United States. Out of the 20

j American republics lying south of the

j United States, there are only 3 Hon

duras, Haiti, and the Dominican re

publicin which the United States

leads in the trade in cotton manufac

tures. Germany controls the trade in

these goods with Bolivia, and the Unit

ed Kingdom that with the remaining

Statistics For Leading Textile Fibers.

16 republics.

Because of the important position of

,the United States as a producer of tex

tile materials, and the large aggrega

tion of capital in the country employ

ed in the manufacture of textiles, ap

proximately accurate statistics of the

supply of the leading textile fibers, dis

tributed according to countries of pro

duction and showing the relative im

portance of the different fibers are pre

sented in the report.

The lative importance of these fibers

has undergone considerable change

during the past century. Flax fiber,

which was used to a larger extent in

1800, now ranks fourth, and the quan

tity of flax produced Is only about

three times what it was at that time.

In the same period the production of

wool has increased from about 500,000,

000 pounds to nearly 2,700,000,000

pounds, or more than five-fold, and that

of cotton from about 3,000,000 pounds

to 8,505,000,000 pounds, or more than

twenty-eight fold. The increase in

the production of Jute is the most re

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The Vinita daily chieftain · Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.] · January 23, 191123 de enero de 1911 · See the original pageVer la página original

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The weekly chieftain. (1911). Vinita, Craig County, Okla., 1911-01-27. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86064119/1911-01-27/ed-1/?sp=7

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The weekly chieftain, 1911-01-27.